The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s Education Department provides scholarship funds to address the needs of Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal members seeking to attend an Academic Program at an accredited university or college.

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, also known as the People of the First Light, has inhabited present day Massachusetts and Eastern Rhode Island for more than 12,000 years. After an arduous process lasting more than three decades, the Mashpee Wampanoag were re-acknowledged as a federally recognized tribe in 2007. In 2015, the federal government declared 150 acres of land in Mashpee and 170 acres of land in Taunton as the Tribe’s initial reservation, on which the Tribe can exercise its full tribal sovereignty rights. The Mashpee tribe currently has approximately 2,600 enrolled citizens.

Finding My Medicine will start on July 19 and continue on Mondays and Thursdays from 9-4 through August 30 at 55 Acres (ceremonial grounds).

This project will offer cultural teachings and traditional practices to help our youth ages 14-19 to find and build upon their personal medicine. They will experience a series of cultural activities that are designed to bring about self-awareness, discovering their inner talents and strengths. Some of these activities include; receive their Indian name (if they don’t have one), develop their tribal sound, create personal symbol, and learn how to connect with their personal animal totems. They will also learn traditional Wampanoag ceremonial practices that they can use throughout their lives.

Tribal Health will be hosting “Dancing Moon Yoga” every Monday evening from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Community and Government Center. Instructor Cecilia “Kimma” King will be giving the classes.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Health and Human Services Department will be sponsoring an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Monday, August 27 from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Tribe's Community and Government Center. Community Members may contact the Red Cross at 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org and enter: WAMPANOAG to schedule an appointment.

Tuesday will be a historical moment in our quest to secure our ancestral lands. Beginning at 2 p.m., the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources will hold a hearing on the Mashpee Reservation Reaffirmation Act.